ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title></title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/style.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/tFader.js"></script> <!--[if IE]><link href="styles/ie6.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><![endif]--> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="wrapper"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="headerLogo"> <tr> <td id="navBar"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Our Church</a></li> <li class="current"><a href="about.html">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="ministries.html">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="resources.html">E-Giving</a></li> <li><a href="events.html">Events Calendar </a></li> <li><a href="directions.html">Campaign Higher Ground</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:250px"><div id="logo"> <a href="index.html"> <img src="images/blank-lg.gif" alt="Home Page" width="390" height="135" /> <img alt="Animated_Earth" class="style1" longdesc="Earth.gif" src="Earth.gif" /> </a> </div></td> </tr> </table><!--END HEADER LOGO--> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="mainFull"> <tr> <td id="mainFullTp"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="mainFullContent"> <h2>Mission</h2> <p> To marshal all available resources and technologies to make known the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This good news that we proclaim must be authentic and must be a living witness in the life of those who proclaim, praise, and practice it. Our mission must ensure that with God&#8217;s rule in our hearts we are in partnership with God in deliverance from the bondage of economic oppression, racial bigotry, social and political injustice. As a church, we foster and promote praise to our God who gave us Jesus, who has set us free and made us whole. </p> <h2>Goals</h2><br /> <img src="images/1.jpg" alt="PIC" width="200" height="149" class="imgleft" /> <p> To make worship a coveted and awaited experience<br /> To develop a deeper hunger to know the Holy Scriptures<br /> To make known in all our teachings that our affections and loyalties are not upon things but upon values that are eternal<br /> To develop a philosophy of Christianity so profound that Christ becomes the center of our living<br /> To evoke a sense of urgency wherein foreign mission is seen as hastening of the day of our Lord s return, and the joy to be a part of sharing his redeeming love<br /> To extend ourselves in outreach to all who are in need and yearn to be set free<br /></p><br /><br /><br /> <h2>Affiliations</h2> <p>We are a Missionary Baptist Church guided by the New Testament with Jesus Christ as our Leader. We operate under a  congregational form of government and members are accepted on the basis of a personal religious experience and baptism by immersion for believers. We hold affiliation with the following national and local societies:<br /> - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<br /> - The American Baptist Convention<br /> - The National Baptist Convention and its Affiliates<br /> - The Yerwood Center<br /> - Hospice<br /> - New Neighbors, Inc.<br /> - Connecticut Baptist Missionary Convention<br /> - Interfaith Council servicing Southwestern Connecticut<br /> - The International Association of Minister s Wives and Ministers Widows, Inc.<br /> - Hampton University Minister's Conference and Musicians Guil<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="mainFullBt"></td> </tr> </table> <!--END CONTENT --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="footer"> <tr> <td id="footerTop"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="footerMid"></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="footerBottom"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>